Uh.....hello? I'm new - anyone there?
05/24/04 10:13 AM
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poop
Reged: 05/24/04
Posts: 6
Loc: Grosse Ile, MI
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I'm not a girl who likes to sit around and commiserate about issues. I don't see a therapist and I don't gather with my girlfriends and bitch about men...much. HOWEVER, IBS has thusfar kicked my ass. I went to various doc's last year trying to figure out what was going on with me only to receive greatly varying recommendations. I remember being so frustrated I began crying when the doctor told me he had no reason to believe my recent weight gain of 10 lbs. in just 4 months (I'd been stable over the past years) was in any way linked with IBS. This particular highly reputable internest also stated that there have been no links to the severity of IBS and diet. I had the blood tests, the barium enema's, the colonoscopy (by the way, they found a very large pre-cancerous polyp), the laxatives, the paxil, the zelnorm, etc.
I'm active - I run/walk about 15 miles/week. I eat much better than most by the average person's standards. I'm going to try the IBS diet TONIGHT. I seriously can't take this. Anyone throw on a pair of pants in the morning and by nighttime, you've blown up so much the pants effectivly segment you like a sausage? I am 5' 9" and with Zelnorm I lost the initial weight I'd gained, but I've had a terrible 2 weeks and have gained 6 lbs.though I've eaten less - nausia helps with that. I'm sorry for everyone out there with IBS, but I'm damn glad to know I'm not alone.
I hope to talk with many of you soon. Any immediate advice for someone just starting to look into the diet aspect of things?
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